run their operations from a to b. because the northern cities view has been to be secure but this attack on the diplomatic team go through the fragility of security in iraq some of a job with al-jazeera backed up with untouchable name joins us now live from below and this time with natasha you've been speaking to eyewitnesses what kind of picture they painting. sami witnesses are describing a team of well prepared man who men who confidently almost cavalierly carried out their mission this happened wednesday afternoon in a turkish coffee shop the building is right down the street behind me here in an upscale neighborhood in erbil witnesses say that 2 men drove up to valet parked their vehicle one of them handed the keys to an attendant saying keep the car ready will be out in a minute then according to witnesses one of those men as the employee of the

turkish consular consulate of erbil was sitting inside walked in he had guns in both hands and began shooting he hit the employee of the turkish consular or consulate and 2 others then according to the witnesses we spoke to a total of 3 men left the coffee shop the implication being that one person was inside casing the coffee shop prior to what appears to be a targeted hit a total of 3 men were killed the turkish employee has been identified as often cosi . he died immediately his funeral his body was flown back to on korea and his funeral is expected sometime this afternoon he leaves 2 children behind now 2 others were killed the they are iraqi kurds and we're told they are customers who simply became collateral damage tributes are pouring out to these young men on

social media sasha still no claim of responsibility where is the investigation going on this one so it turning up. well as you said no claims of responsibility no suspects arrested as of yet plenty of condemnation from the turkish government and the kurdistan regional government but one thing to point out that within hours of this attack on wednesday a spokesman with the p.k. k. or kurdistan workers' party denied involvement in this attack a bit of background about the p.k. k. it is a pro kurdish armed group it is deemed a terrorist group by turkey the united states and the you are the e.u. rather to name a few in the past the p.k. k. has been given by some critics a bit of a safe haven here in northern iraq it's

a mountainous region that borders turkey and as a result there have been tensions here and there between the kurdistan regional government and turkey but as of late the federal government in iraq has been cooperating with the turkish government to conduct what it describes as counterterrorism raids it includes targeting the p p p k k as part of these operations on wednesday prior to this targeted hit the turkish military had conducted air strikes it says that it had quote neutralized 7 p.k. k. terrorists this morning turkey conducted another airstrike here in northern iraq so while there is no claim of responsibility there is definitely suspicion that has shifted to the p.k. k. it's worth noting the p.k. k. is not necessarily a unified centralized group so right now again the kurdistan regional government

is cooperating with purpose officials the intelligence chief of turkey arrived in erbil last evening he has a team of investigators at its disposal and the kurdistan regional government is saying that it's doing its best to prevent another attack here in or. all right thanks so much because of one name that. plenty more still ahead on the news hour including the u.s. congress defies donald trump and approves a bill banning the sale of certain weapons to saudi arabia police in the philippines put out their figures on how many of died in the war on drugs but not everyone is convinced. and it will hear what this boxing legend had to say when his latest rival compared him to what diana saw.

the un special rapporteur on human rights in may and mass says team is not getting access to what's happening on the ground more violence is being reported meanwhile american state yankee lease says villages have been burnt down in recent days and she's been prevented from gathering information the question is. did the government of myanmar impose the internet than to inflict more time on the people living in rakhine. the internet blackout has also prevented individuals wanting to engage with me from being able to make contact it is challenging to get information on what is happening on the ground under these circumstances but i have been told that 3 villages in rakhine have been burned down by that and i don't in the last 2 weeks. muhammad joins us now here on the

set who's covered the writing of crosses extensively how it's quite disturbing to hear the u.n. special report all talking about how the military is still bulldozing villages now 2019 after all this toll can the sanctions you're absolutely right so i mean this is coming nearly 2 years since the military in myanmar was accused of ethnic cleansing against against the rainbow and now these past few months there have been numerous reports of potential atrocities being committed in iraq and state in chance stayed in these 9 townships in that part of me anymore where there is there is this internet blockage at the moment so it's very difficult to get accurate information but they are nothing is having impacts in terms of the international when it comes to me and more as a military there is no real pressure that is being brought to bear i mean these sanctions that were imposed the announcement of them yesterday by the u.s. against these 4 top military leaders and me and more we still have not even heard

a response from me and more to those sanctions and many of the officials that have spoken about it and many activists who spoke about a say they don't go far enough in fact at the end of this press conference by special reparatory on the leaf she said that those sanctions don't go far enough that it's not enough just to impose a travel ban on these officials and they need to go much farther than that before me and more as military will be will change their tactics going forward meanwhile this report so fighting in records that was going on that such a complicated situation it's an extremely complicated matter you have many armed ethnic groups in that area you have a conflict that's been going on since late 2018 between the top macdowell which is me and mars military and the ira khan army now this conflict has essentially caught many many thousands of civilians in the crossfire there and. that's not the real no the arahant army is a separatist group it's an armed. with the draws mainly on ethnic buddhists who are

resentful of the government having basically having control of the area and so they want to separate but there are rowing that have ties and have had ties in the past to that group the era can army attacks against me and mars military in 2017 is what the me and more military says precipitated their crackdown on the rowing up but it's a very complicated matter there are a lot of different ethnic groups up there this conflict has been raging for months and now you have this internet outage that's going on there and because of that activists that i've been speaking with refugees have been saying that they are fearful that the top mcdowell is in gauging in the kinds of atrocities against civilians in that area now that they engaged in against the rohingya in 2017 this is no coincidence is over stay with us for a 2nd mohammed i'm going to get your folds on another issue what kind of relate to the un special rapporteur on human rights and then also is accusing as you might know leaders there of diplomatic maneuvering aimed at obstructing her

investigations it is of great concern to me that memo appears to be increasing pressure and engaging the governments of neighboring countries in its efforts to violate rights and avoid scrutiny this includes obstructing me in carrying out my mandate while i was in thailand i had to abort part of my visit due to interference this is very serious and not to be taken lightly. it's again want to say i mean the massacre is a going on and here is a senior u.n. official saying they're even interfering with her work and yet this fos goes on so i mean this was stunning to hear this is the united nations special rapporteur for human rights in myanmar now she has been banned from going to me and more since december of 2017 she's been highly critical of the regime in myanmar for some time

now she has to go to neighboring countries to interview refugees and just to get the information just to get the imam interfering with her well now she says today they are interfering and interfering in such a way that she had to cut h. trip short in thailand because potentially there was danger to some of her sources she didn't go into a real detail specifics as far as what the threats were but she talked about the fact that because of this interference she had to cut a trip short that is part of her mandate from the united nations and she said that increasingly mean more as government is interfering putting pressure on neighboring countries to not allow her and other investigators to carry out their mandates that is very disturbing to hear from. you have to wonder whether any of this is going to lead to a tougher international sounds like so much that can come of coming in now be a bowl al break in the eastern democratic republic of congo is now a public health emergency of international concern that's the exact the

announcement being made by the world health organization came just days after the virus spread to the city of goma a major regional hub on the border with rwanda it has claimed at least 1600 lives in the region in the past year catherine sawyer reports now from nairobi. after hours of deliberations by the margin see kmita of the world health organization over the status of the born in the democratic republic of congo members have decided it requires a vigorous international response there is concern about spreading them from mom to get away. there's so far no cases were a newly infected in d.c. . these days appointment that there has been a recurrence of intense transmission in beijing says that the geographical expansion is now from 500 kilometers. or

define to going forward for you know. the meeting was called off top preacher who traveled to bhutan book about 200 kilometers north of the city of goma to pray for the sick tested positive on his arrival back he died this week. at the border between goma and rhonda health workers taking no chances rhonda has already told citizens to avoid traveling to go. the w.h.o. committee has warned against closing buddhas and district trades. darcey government officials say many of those who came in contact with the preacher have been vaccinated and it's unlikely will spread fatah but asked still consigns is a key city. i can't afford to be afraid because if i'm scared of carrying someone i'll get no clients and that means no money so warshel i eat. what will be do now should be children because of this i'm very watered. more than

a 1000000 people leave and sitting at the teep of lake it's easy to travel to other countries in the region as well as other parts of the. vaccinations in affected areas have intensified this is benny in north kivu province where there is concern that more people are getting sick there's also concern about the disease spreading to uganda health workers in south west uganda vaccinating people who could have come in contact with the company's woman who visited the bees in ponder market to trade a few days ago she died of a bullet when she returned home the government says she did not cross a formal border point where she'd have been screened this is the same region where a child tested positive for a boy last month after his mother took him back to d'arcy to bury his father the child later died adding to a death toll of more than 1600 in the past year catherine sawing al-jazeera now in

. the u.s. house of representatives has rebuked the president by voting to block the sale of some arms to saudi arabia a similar measure was passed by the senate last month president donald trump is expected to veto the resolutions mike hanna reports from washington d.c. the joint resolution is. the house passes 3 bills expressing disapproval of sales to saudi arabia 238 vote in favor 190 against the 1st bill dealt with the sale of precision guided missiles the 2nd with the export of smart bombs and the 3rd was aimed at blocking the sale of hughes's needed to arm and detonate the missiles and bombs the bulls had earlier been passed in the senate and will now go to the white house but president trump has made clear he'll exercise is veto and it appears neither house nor senate could raise the 2 thirds

majority that would be needed to reject the veto and pass a laws without presidential signature. yet this bipartisan move by congress will have an impact this moment congress is clearly not interested in excel or reading american support for saudi arabia in its war in yemen and does not like having its authority usurped by the executive branch when it comes to approving arms sales it's making a statement it's laying down a marker it understands that the president will ultimately get his way but over time it can wear down the opposition and potentially even override a veto. there are layers of reasons for congress's anger about president trump's relationship with saudi arabia earlier this year the president vetoed a bipartisan bill demanding an end to u.s. support for saudi's war in yemen. then he invoked emergency legislation citing a threat from iran to override a congregational ban on weapon sales and thirdly this still intense and gain

congress that the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi and the steadfast refusal of president trump to hold the saudi leadership accountable but even if or when the president vetoes the latest round of legislation there will be more to come in particular a bull demanding a report from the u.s. intelligence community about the murder that has been included in the house version of the defense authorization bill 2020 that was passed by a resoundingly vote of 405 to 7. mike hanna al jazeera washington. well in a few moments we'll have all the way though we've kavin but still ahead here on al-jazeera. accused of treason some journalists in pakistan say they're being targeted by the government will tell you well lebanon's palestinian refugees are protesting about and it's called the young stars of oslo and pressed against by a new unit called back to the united states all the action going on.

we're following tropical storm dennis right now as it makes its way from really the northern part of the philippines up across through islands and into the east china sea now you can see the clouds right here the storm is just to the west of okinawa right now bring some very heavy rain across much of those islands right now those winds are 74 kilometers per hour 74 kilometers per hour winds gusting up to about 93 still moving to the north at a fairly good clip it is expected to strengthen over the next 24 hours and the big thing with this particular storm is going to be the amount of rain that it drops on areas that have already seen quite a bit of flooding over the last several weeks and want to go closer in as we go from friday as well as into saturday because saturday is really going to be the day

that we see most of the activity even though the storm is weakening to a tropical depression notice where the heavy rain is across parts of q schoo over parts of the record islands and also for the southern part of south korea now in this particular area we're going to be seeing storm surge dangerous rip tides in the amount accumulation is going to be anywhere between $200.00 to over $250.00 millimeters of rain across much of this area and as i mentioned this southern part of japan has already seen widespread flooding in the ground is already saturated across much. this area so this is a storm that we have to watch very carefully in the coming days and even after makes landfall it is still going to be a big problem for the korean peninsula. the weather sponsored by catherine. the story goes that the statue of an ancient greek god he beat the waves for millennia. until a palestinian fisherman on earth the priceless relic. the story

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you know watching out 0 time to recap the headlines turkey has called on the u.s. decision to suspend it from the f. $35.00 fighter program jabba's unfair saying it will harm relations washington acted after turkey accepted delivery of russia's as 400 defense system. the body of the turkish deputy consul. general shot dead in the northern iraqi city of an appeal on wednesday he's being taken back home he and 2 iraqi kurdish civilians were killed in an attack at a restaurant. the un special rapporteur on human rights in may and maher says the persecution of the rangar there is still going on she says villages have been burned down in recent days she's been prevented from getting information on. by

spring you know are some breaking news just coming in we have reports that iran's revolutionary guards this is according to state television have seized an oil tanker let's find out more and head over to dos jabara joins us on the line from tehran anything we know about why this tanker was seized and its identity. well chani it's. fairly early to speculate but what the revolutionary guard commanders have sad is that they have confirmed they. think in the island of lost island which is an informal province south of iran in the strait of hormuz they say that there that's what carried a 1000000 liters of fuel and they were trying to smuggle the oil from that area and . apparently on from that evening they were reports of a tanker then went missing on saturday. traveled from the

do not know who got the longest to feelings now say that we have a tanker that was smuggling oil and they said that they fused with 12 crew members on board the revolutionary guards and said that this foreign vessel. on sunday and now they are being that they. really need to have said over the past few weeks that they were going to do something like that the great one super sized tanker that was carrying the rain or sea by the british. because it was carrying or looking out into syria was feeling now this is something new be waiting for all levels of government. there to the head of the right hand or to the supreme leader himself. that they will be repercussions for what the british government has done now we can

get their hands on has actually been by the revolutionary guard in the strait of funding we also have learned from the u.s. central command function says that we will be working aggressively to come to a solution to enable free passage in the fall so the incidence of highlights how sensitive these are and it's more likely to be seen as another move that will. iranians did say that we called sequences for the grace one and said but they didn't say specifically they're going to start seizing the royal time because. any blanks you can fit in here about the allegations of smuggling. as well as i think you said that we don't know who owns it but. that's the big mystery at the moment because they needed arab emirates to mowing. the lawn or it was carrying their own. government

official. said on. the phone interview. ordnance or just 3 that we. have an oil tanker into custody but that was because they were stressing the camp outside is not. interesting but now it appears to be a different story. we're talking about. very unclear as to what is happening what is happening. back in the coming hours. on what has taken place. thanks so much and also job. pakistan's ruling party says critical coverage in the media isn't freedom of speech

but treason those comments are likely to further anger civil liberties activists who say the prime minister its government has been trying to suppress journalists al-jazeera as a monk and has more. than a pakistani journalist say they're under attack and they're fighting back. if. not announced the end of censorship in pakistan we will start to protest release all of our bodies everyone is demanding don't tear gas come and arrest us. 3 privately owned news channels have been ordered off the air 21 others have received notices of closure from the government's regulatory body pakistan electronic media authority their mistake providing coverage of those arrested for corruption multiple websites have been blocked and a journalist arrested and charged with treason a charge he denies. journalists say pakistan's intelligence agency and military are

monitoring them and they warning media outlets not to broadcast coverage critical of the prime minister and his policies the method used by the government are unprecedented the the press is worth a breath when offended at least i have never seen in order to you know the quality . promised. voters during last year's election campaign by going to fight corruption since then several prominent former political leaders have been arrested for stealing government funds thank loot a former prime minister and former president asif ali zardari both deny wrongdoing . critics say the government's anti corruption campaign is a masquerade for crushing dissent one of the prime ministers advisors his heart is following through on exactly what he pledged to do 1st. hole is not going to go to my ration at all prime minister imran khan has struggled for more than 22 years to

establish a system in a country where people are held accountable. he blames pakistan's economic problems on generations of looting by government officials the international monetary fund has approved yet another bailout in return for the $6000000000.00 loan government imposed austerity measures have provoked nationwide protests were journalists facing increasing the concern is there will be fewer and less diverse sources for pakistanis to keep abreast of what's happening in our own car. we've just seen in the previous report has been arrested the country's. maybe. not give any details as to why. now lebanese authorities say they plan to scrap a requirement for palestinian refugees in lebanon to obtain work permits that's one of the demands from palestinians who have been protesting for days they say they've

been unfairly treated since the government began cracking down on foreign labor so . they have taken to the streets. close their shops and block entrances to their camps. lebanon's palestinian refugees are protesting against a government crackdown documented for. their livelihoods. cannot afford to pay $1000.00 for a work permit to feed my children. lebanese law already bans palestinians from working in many professions as part of a longstanding policy to discourage them from staying palestinian officials now fear the new measures will cause even more suffering. not of foreign visitors but refugee forcibly living in lebanon ministry of labor to

implement a 2010 law that exempts palestinians for paying for. the labor ministry says it is enforcing the law to protect lebanese jobs. but critics say it is part of a campaign directed at the larger syrian refugee population to force them to return home. with lebanon understands the difficult situation of palestinians however laws should be applied to everyone but we will work on a law that takes into consideration their difficult conditions. unemployment among the palestinian workforce is 18 percent in recent years tens of thousands have left the country legally or illegally affected by the dire economic conditions here and government regulations that deny them basic rights palestinians have long complained of what they call discriminatory laws against them have repeatedly said they don't want to permanently settle in lebanon but israel is preventing them from

returning to their lands. many palestinians believe they should enjoy special status as refugees the lebanese government is promising to find an arrangement but that is doing little to calm fears people it's been more than 70 years in exile in a country that hasn't been welcoming. beirut. the u.s. president has stepped up his attacks on 4 democratic congresswoman of color while addressing supporters in north carolina it was transfers. which she told the for politicians to go home white house correspondent. historic greenville north carolina is a southern town with a diverse economy centered around health care and education so it's not surprising there are many here unhappy with their president's tweets targeting 4 female congress women of color saying if they don't like the united states they can leave

. with. no matter how distasteful many believe donald trump might be across town at his 1st campaign rally since announcing his re-election bid trump defended his attacks on the for congresswoman launch new attacks on congresswoman. she looks down with contempt on the hard working american saying that ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country. omar has a history of launching

a vision anti-semitic screen. omar responded on twitter to the crowd chanting center back with a poem from american civil rights activist maya angelo still as trump addressed supporters he insisted he's helped communities of color by lowering unemployment. failed vote in the house of representatives to impeach him as a victory and a wanted. polls show a majority of u.s. voters twitter attacks on the congresswoman as an american but polls also show most conservatives support the president's controversial stay. 8 minutes so expect trump to employ more not less race baiting in his reelection campaign as he vilifies the female democratic lawmakers many now call the squad terms tactic of labeling a group of female congress women is vicious socialist and left wing cranks appears

to be part of a broader strategy designed to use american pride to not only hold on to a base of support but also win new voters can really help get al jazeera greenville north carolina. or u.s. coal to sentence mexican drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman to life in prison plus 30 years he was convicted in february of murder conspiracy and drug trafficking prosecutors say he sold more than $12000000000.00 worth of illegal drugs this won't be the 1st time because man has been jailed he escaped prison in mexico twice once through a tunnel dug under his toilet. lawyers says the trial was unfair and he'll appeal against the decision this case was simply an inquisition it was a show trial and how it ended is.